>>In my apps I do have one PUBLIC variable = my application object - this guy gets created in the main.prg.
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>If you create a PRIVATE variable in your MAIN.prg it will be available to all the routines in your app, just like a PUBLIC. There's no reason to use one there either :-)

Yep - I switched to PRIVATE not too long after I posted this <g>
Solves the problem of one app built with the framework calling another, too!